Ten Top Reasons Why Parents Don't Want to Put Their Kids on Medication for Attention Disorders and Ten Top Reasons Why They Should Consider It

Ten Top Reasons Why Parents Don't Want to Put Their Kids on Medication for Attention Disorders and Ten Top Reasons Why They Should Consider It
NYU Child Study Center

Melvin Oatis, M.D. Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Director of Pediatric Consultation-Liaison Services—Tisch Hospital in a dialogue with parents:

These are the comments I hear frequently from parents of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder when we begin to discuss the possibility of starting medication to target the symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity and inattention. I try to give them another viewpoint to consider in their decision making process.

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